Six treatment s were initiated approximately
15 days after calving: 1) calf was weaned
permanently from its dam (calf weaned; CW);
2) calf was present continuously with its dam
but contact with the udder was prohibited ...

We used four herds at three Kansas ranches
to evaluate the potential of two new estrus
synchronization strategies to increase estrus
expression and fertility of 911 crossbred suckled
beef cows. The treatments included: ...

This research was designed to develop a set
of prediction equations to measure nutrient
composition of Kansas sorghum silages using
both a portable and a research type near-infrared
spectrometer (NIRS). A robust set ...

This study evaluated the effect of implanting
potential replacement heifers (n=548) with
Component E-C® (10 mg of estradiol and
100 mg of progesterone) between 45 and 120
days of age or at weaning (200 days of age) ...

A steam pasteurization system (SPS) has been shown in laboratory and commercial
evaluations to effectively reduce bacterial populations
on freshly slaughtered beef. Our study
evaluate d the bactericidal uniformity of ...

Animal performance and n et return per acre
were examined for four CRP research sites in
Kansas in 1 994, 1995, and 1996. Both mowing
and prescribed burning increased animal performance
in 1994. Mowing was economical ...

We surveyed 290 purchasers of wheat
middlings (WM) from a single flour mill located
in central Kansas to characterize the incidence
of transport and storage problems and to determine
intended animal us e and method of ...

Longissimus and pectoralis muscles were
removed from 10 steer carcasses at 4 days
postmortem , aged for 14 days at 4 ̊F, then
assigned to either ultrasound (ULS) or convection
(Conv) cooking to either 144 or 15 8 ...

Ribeye tracings from 265 beef carcasses
were used to compare ribeye areas from right
and left sides. When video image analysis
(VIA) was used to determine ribeye area, no
difference (P=.48) was observed between right
and ...